Fire-annihilator



(No Model.)

I. KITSEE.

FIRE ANNIHILATOR."

No. 257,594. Patented May 9,1882.

e UNITED STATES PATENT OFEICE.

ISIDOR KITSEE, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.-A

FIRE-ANNIHILATQR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Pater-1t No. 257,594, dated May 9, 1882. Application filed December l2, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, IsIDon KrrsEE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented a newand useful Improvement in Fire-Annihilators, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to that class of lire-annihilators in which several constituent chemical reagents are held in separate vessels and are ejected therefrom into a generating-reservoir, where they form a lrequired lire-.extinguishing gas; and my invention consists in certain operative devices to effect this result, as -hereinafter described and claimed.

Referring to thedrawings that accompany this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate like parts, Figure 1 represents a reservoir or generator embodying my invention. Figs. 2 and 3 represent other forms thereof. j

A is a reservoir or generator, having a transverse tilting shelf, a, provided with pivots a', resting on convex-faced flanges a2. The shelf is somewhat less in size than the interior of the reservoir, and is slightly weighted at one side, as shown at a3. The shelf a is kept in a horizontal position by means ot' a Wire or cord, B, fusible at-a given degree of temperature. This wire orcord is connected to the tilting shelf a at a3, and passes thence upward through the cover of the reservoir. The reservoir is preferably supplied with water or a simple chemical element of the gas to be generated dependent vessels C, which are simply placed on thetiltin g device, said vessels havin g loosely fitting covers, (which preserve the contents of saidvessels C from deterioration, evaporation, &c.,) which fall off as soon as the tilting dewire, B, the rupture of which by direct action tips the shelf a, thus dispensing with all intermediate connecting parts that are liable to get out of order.

The wire or cord B passes through the cover of the rcservoir,`and is led through pulleys b, its terminal end being held by a counterpoising-weight, D 5 or it may be retained by a staple or any suitable fastening in lieu of the weight D. The wire or cord B is made of material that will fuse at a required degree of temperature, or it may have fusible joints or connec tions.

The reservoir A is provided with suitable eduction-pipes, A2. When the temperature rises to a required degreeA the cord or wire B is ruptured and the shelf a tilts, upsetting the vessels C, discharging their contents into the reservoir A, where -they unitevand form a required nte-extinguishing gas, which escapes through the eductions A2, as fully illustrated in the drawings.

I do not desire to confine myself tothe exact form of tilting device, as the vessells C may be hung on vapivoted bar, E, by any suitable me chanical device, said bar being retained from turning by a fusible connection, B, which, when ruptured, will upset the contents of the vessels attached to the pivoted bar E. l

Fig. 3 illustrates a modified form of my de* vice, in which I dispense with the tilting shelf and pivoted bar, and in lieu thereof suspend the vessels C direct on the fusible connection B, the rupture of which will cause them to fall bodily into the reservoir A..

I do not broadly claim in a'fire-annihilator the employment of every form of internal tilt; ing devices, as I am aware such mechanism has been used before; but,

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim is:-

1. In an automatic fre-annihilator, a generating-,reservoir supplied with a chemical reagent, having eduction-openings and provided with an interior weighted tilting device sustained horizontally by fusible connections, said vice is tripped; and I moreover provide av device being provided with loosely-covered inplied with chemical reagents, substantially as dependent vessels holding; chemical reagents described. in separation,-slibstantially as described. i

2. In an automatic fire-extinguisher, the gen- 5 creating-reservoir A, havin g eduction-openin gs Witnesses:

A2, in combination with the fusible Wire B and VICTOR ABRAHAM, independent loosely-covered vessels C, sup- YV. G. FIEDELDEY.

-ISIDOR KITSEE. 

